A photograph of a photograph. A sled pulled by reindeer brings bombs to what appears to be a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber.

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The little sign on the door asks visitors not to touch the truck.

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The museum has artifacts from the United States as well as Russia.

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Mike Raftus examines artifacts from a downed German bomber.

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As was Stalingrad, Coventry, England, also was very nearly totally destroyed by Nazi bombers during World War II.

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German cypher machine, possibly from the "Enigma" family.

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Banner, "for our Soviet motherland. The USSR"

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Partisan (Underground) headquarters. The sign on the wall reminds them to "create unbearable conditions in the enemy's rear." The little white sign reminds visitors not to touch and points out there is a barrier warning system operating.

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The partisan cabin from the end.

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Large scale model of a Polikarpov Po-2 bi-plane used during the war by the Night Witches who harrassed the Nazis behind the lines.

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Model of a Tupolev-designed Tu-2 bomber. This is the airplane design that got Tupolev out of prison because of its success.

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This model of a Yakovlev designed fighter could use a new HF radio aerial.

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Model of an Ilyushin-designed Il-28 light bomber, codenamed "Beagle" by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee.

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A model of a Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-15 fighter, codenamed "Faggot," an early jet used in the Korean War.

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A model of the Mikoyan and Gurevich-designed MiG-19 fighter codenamed "Farmer." Apparently if both guns were fired in-flight, one of the two engines would shut down, making for a very nervous pilot.

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Wreckage from Lockheed U-2 aircraft piloted by Gary Francis Powers that was shot down over Russia on 1 May 1960.